BORN Elba, AL 1971

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Diploma, The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy    June 2002

  Four years, painting program

 

Bachelor of  Arts, Troy University, Troy, AL    May 1995

  Summa Cum Laude    Double major in Studio Art and Mathematics

 

Obirin University, Tokyo, Japan  1993-94

  Japanese art and culture studies

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

 

ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA   May 2010, April 2008, June 2006,

   June 2004, May 2003

FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA  Mar. 2005

 

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA, Harrisburg, PA    June 28 - Sept. 20, 2009

ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA    Sept. 2008, Dec. 2005, 04, 03, & 02

BRIGHAM GALLERY, Nantucket, MA,  July 2007

ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY, Jan 2007

SOLOMON GALLERY, Dublin, Ireland, July 2006

BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Dover, DE  Jan.-Mar. 2004

CENTURY GALLERY, Alexandria, VA  Nov. 2003

WESTBETH ARTS GALLERY, New York, NY  May- June 2003

THE GRENNING GALLERY, Sag Harbor, NY  May 2002

McMANUS GALLERY, Raleigh, NC  Dec. 2001

IKKEI GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan  Feb.-Mar. 1998

 

 

AWARDS:

 

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Artist’s Grant, 2005, 2003

The Fleisher Art Memorial Hazell Faculty Fellowship, 2004

American Society of Classical Realism Atelier Student Scholarship, Top Award, 2001

John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award for students of Realist painting, 2001

Florence Academy of Art Full-tuition Work-Study Scholarship Award, 2000-2002

Troy Univ. Art and Classics Award for scholarship and artistic excellence, 1995

America-Japan Society full one-year scholarship to Tokyo, Japan, 1993-1994

 

 

TEACHING:

 

Adjunct Faculty, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA,  

   Jan.  2003 to present

Painting Instructor, The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial,  Philadelphia, PA,  

   Feb. 2003 to May 2008

Student Drawing Instructor, The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy,  

   Spring 2002

 

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

 

Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

Gury, Al; Alla Prima A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting, 2008; pp. 91, 135, ill.

Rosemary Galli and Susan Tintori; The Florence Academy of Art Annual Alumni Exhibition, 2007, [exh. cat.] p. 45, ill.

American Art Collector, January 2007 vol 15; [preview/interview] pp. 186-193, ill.

Suzanne Macdougald; Italian Realism, June 2006 [exh. cat.] p. 17, ill.

Rosemary Galli and Susan Tintori; The Florence Academy of Art Annual Alumni Exhibition, 2006, [exh. cat.] p. 49, ill.